Steven Spielberg’s New Sci-Fi Epic Is Officially Still the #1 Movie on Peacock

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Published Oct 18, 2026, 10:01 AM EDT

Rohan Naahar is a News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once.

He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal of introducing audiences to a whole new world of cinema.

It has been suggested in the past that Christopher Nolan expects no friendly fire before and after the release of his movies. These details emerged when Nolan famously severed ties with Warner Bros. and signed a deal with Universal to release Oppenheimer. The partnership began with a bang, as Oppenheimer wildly exceeded box-office projections and earned the coveted Best Picture honor at the Oscars. It also won Nolan his first-ever Best Director Academy Award. Unsurprisingly, he stuck with Universal for the release of The Odyssey, which has emerged as his highest-grossing film, with nearly $1.8 billion worldwide. However, Universal released another summer tentpole directed by an A-lister just six weeks before The Odyssey. The movie in question didn't live up to expectations, and ultimately wasn't a factor when The Odyssey debuted in mid-July.

But it recently premiered on streaming, and has gotten off to an excellent start. The film was marketed as a major return to roots for Steven Spielberg, who had been struggling with back-to-back box-office underperformers in the last few years. This was meant to be his box-office comeback. Much of the marketing put Spielberg's name front-and-center, reminding audiences of his legendary status, particularly when it comes to the sci-fi genre. However, while the reviews were mostly positive, there was some concern surrounding an early influencer-driven publicity drive. In the end, the movie barely broke even at the box office, and will have to find its audience on streaming.

Here's How Much the Sci-Fi Tentpole Grossed at the Box Office

We're talking, of course, about Disclosure Day. Starring Emily Blunt as a newscaster who has a close encounter and is given the responsibility of revealing the existence of aliens to the world, the movie grossed around $245 million worldwide against a reported budget of $115 million. It fell drastically short of Spielberg's other sci-fi movies in the last couple of decades — Ready Player One, War of the Worlds, and Minority Report, and grossed roughly the same as A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Also featuring Josh O'Connor, Colman Domingo, and Colin Firth, the movie now holds a "Certified Fresh" 79% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. According to FlixPatrol, Disclosure Day has now spent a week at the number-one spot on Peacock's domestic viewership list. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.